Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for October 14th, 2008
Cooey pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. today
Ohio executes first inmate in more than a year
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio on Tuesday executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued he was too fat to die humanely by lethal injection, the state’s first execution since the end of an unofficial national moratorium.
Richard Cooey, [...]
Rebirth of the Browns: Big win over Super Bowl champion Giants gives Browns’ season new life, hope
CLEVELAND — Welcome back, Browns. Welcome back to “Monday Night Football.” Welcome back to NFL relevance. The Browns (2-3), given up for dead by football fans near and far (especially near), upset the Super Bowl champion and previously undefeated New York Giants 35-14 Monday night at [...]
Brian Dulik: Browns’ offensive stars pick good time to shine
As Derek Anderson and Braylon Edwards go, so go the Browns — and, boy, did they get going on Monday Night Football. Anderson played his first superb game since last November and Edwards had the most prolific day of his still young career, leading Cleveland to a remarkable 35-14 victory [...]
When dream meets reality: Edwards excels in his first game in Monday Night Football spotlight
CLEVELAND — Receiver Braylon Edwards had a to-do list of goals for his first appearance in a Monday Night Football game. “It’s been a dream of mine just to play on Monday night in the NFL,” Edwards said. “You want to play on that stage in front of the world, you want to have [...]
Browns 35, Giants 14: Breaking down the Browns’ big win
THUMBS UP
Derek Anderson, Browns quarterback
He silenced the “Brady, Brady” chants before they could get started. Anderson, right, had his best outing of the season — by far — as the Browns showed the nation they’re not ready to give up on the season. Anderson was 18-for-29 for two touchdowns, no interceptions and a 121.3 rating. [...]
Division I sectional volleyball: Midview digs out of 0-2 deficit, rallies to defeat Westlake
GRAFTON — It’s hard to believe the Middies forgot they won the West Shore Conference championship, but Katy Zapolnik felt she needed to remind them. “We were conference champs and we needed to play like that,” Zapolnik told her Midview team after dropping the first two games of Monday’s Division I sectional match. [...]
Girls Division II sectional soccer: Elyria Catholic blanks Keystone in tournament opener
ELYRIA — Three different players scored for Elyria Catholic and goalkeeper Megan Miehls posted her sixth shutout of the season Monday night at Knights of Columbus Field. The result was a 3-0 Panther victory over Keystone in a Rocky River Division II sectional-district tournament opener. It set the stage for a sectional final showdown [...]
Major League Baseball: Rays stage Monster mash, rip Red Sox to take 2-1 lead in ALCS
BOSTON — B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria and the rest of the Tampa Bay Rays have quickly become a playoff monster. Upton hit a three-run home run and Longoria also homered off a suddenly shaky Jon Lester, then Rocco Baldelli and Carlos Pena cleared the Green Monster later Monday to give the Rays a [...]
Indians notes: Hafner to have surgery on shoulder today
Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner will undergo arthroscopic surgery today on the strained right shoulder that kept him on the disabled list for more than three months. Noted orthopedic specialist Dr. James Andrews examined Hafner in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday and will perform the surgery. Andrews will clean out the shoulder [...]
Cooey set to die today
CINCINNATI — Prison staff examined veins on an Ohio death row inmate who argues his obesity prevents humane lethal injection and found nothing that should cause a problem in delivering the deadly chemicals, the state said Monday.
A more detailed examination on Richard Cooey, 41, will be conducted this morning, when he [...]